Khyber – Special Assistant to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif on Wednesday said that the provincial government striving hard to address issues being faced by the media persons of the merged tribal district, and will provide all facilities being enjoyed by the journalist community in other parts of the country. Talking […]
Few journalists would dispute the opinion that the PTI regime has left behind a legacy of crushing dissenting voices in the media, targeting individual journalists, media houses, social media opinion-makers and anyone with a pen or a mic it deemed as speaking against government policy. The punishments used varied from controlling the purse-strings to harassment […]
KARACHI: Pakistan on Wednesday sought a reply from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for publishing “fake and fabricated” news story pertaining to the Prime Minister’s House, Geo News reported. A complaint filed by Pakistan against the BBC Urdu was received by the Director General BBC, confirmed the broadcaster. On the complaint, the BBC has started […]
LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department (SED) has suspended two schoolteachers for using social media networking platforms in violation of an order barring them from such practices. The department has suspended schoolteachers – Umar Daraz of Government Girls Primary School 311/WB Tehsil Dunya Pur and Muhammad Waseem (PST) of Government Primary School Akhtarabad, Bahawalpur City, […]
With the new government setting about swiftly dismantling its predecessor’s information policy, the sword hanging over the media’s head seems a little less menacing. On Tuesday, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced that the Pakistan Media Development Authority — which, had the PTI government had its way, would have been armed with draconian powers to control the media […]
Senior Civil Judge Mohammad Qaddafi bin Zair sentenced a man to four-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on him under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca 2016). According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the conviction was announced by the judge while hearing a criminal case filed under Section 21 of […]
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